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Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

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It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore. Seems short sighted, how many users is Twitter losing to Instagram/Discord/Mastodon?

It's not short-sighted, Twitter is simply championing free speech.

Free speech is defined as the intersection between anything-thats-legal and anything-that-doesn't-upset-its-owner.

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

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post #3

It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore. Seems short sighted, how many users is Twitter losing to Instagram/Discord/Mastodon?

>It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore.

Isn't that a mischaracterization though? The new policy they announced, as far as I've seen, only applies if the account is "solely" promoting other brands. [0]

> Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

[0]: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/160453126541959168...

EDIT:

The tweet linked seems to be the mischaracterization and not this take.

Reading the full policy[1] does say that, while their tweets don't.

[1]: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platfo...

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

#63

Amazing that just a month ago he tweeted[1]: "It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX.". It's been fascinating watching so many VC types ignore so many red flags just because some of Elon's early actions validated their priors (e.g. tech companies are bloated and need to layoff staff). [1] https://twi…

When I disagree with someone, I do not necessarily think they're stupid. That's a needlessly polarizing mindset.

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

#64
post #22

This should cause a significant degree of cognitive dissonance for quite a lot of Hacker News users. fascinating to see two members of the billionaire tech class disagree publicly like this.

only if people haven't been paying attention to the absolute shitshow that musk was doing with twitter. elon is not a smart man even if he cosplays one.

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

#65

Amazing that just a month ago he tweeted[1]: "It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX.". It's been fascinating watching so many VC types ignore so many red flags just because some of Elon's early actions validated their priors (e.g. tech companies are bloated and need to layoff staff). [1] https://twi…

Still nothing compared to the billions so many VCs have lost on crypto this year ignoring those far more obvious red flags. No matter how bad Elon damages Twitter at the very least its actually still generating revenue. I cannot tell what crypto generated.

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

#68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is that amazing? When people do what you think is right, or what you think might be right, you agree with them or willing to see where things go. When people do what you think is wrong you disagree or break with them. That seems perfectly reasonable.

> Why is that amazing? PG mocked those who thought we would end up here.

Where is "here" exactly?

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

#69

Amazing that just a month ago he tweeted[1]: "It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX.". It's been fascinating watching so many VC types ignore so many red flags just because some of Elon's early actions validated their priors (e.g. tech companies are bloated and need to layoff staff). [1] https://twi…

He could have seen it earlier but I appreciate that he is able and willing to change his angle.

Did he change his angle, or is all of it (the initial statement, the leaving, the clarification) just a rich man's self-interest, and no real semantic content?

https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1604557444247539712

Re: Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

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post #23
post #11

This is his Mastodon account: https://mas.to/@paulg/with_replies His first toots remind me of his first tweets: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/22300310058 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/22307238459

First time I’m using Mastodon, and it’s incredibly slow. Is the app any faster than the web app?

It's not one app, it's many servers, individually hosted. The one paulg chose appears to be slower than, say, the one I'm using:

https://mas.to/@paulg

https://mastodon.social/@terretta

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